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" There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand. "
Gabrielle Union
Understand
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Need
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" If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world. "
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" I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.' "
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" All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked! "
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" I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting. "
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" When you want a break from dogs, and you take them to the kennel to the stars, no one thinks you're a bad pet owner. But when you have kids, you can't drop them off for three weeks without someone calling Child Protective Services! "
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" I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else. Maybe I'll open up a chain of Popeye's Chicken. "
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" I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself. "
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Deep
" We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in. "
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Go
Realize
" We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie. "
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Shot
Many
Kind
" There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black. "
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Director
Book
Black
" You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night. "
Gabrielle Union
Start
Nice
Night
" You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood. "
Gabrielle Union
Fear
You
Losing
" As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with. "
Gabrielle Union
Love
Live
Husband
" Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty. "
Gabrielle Union
Hollywood
Beauty
Shades
" A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out. "
Gabrielle Union
Me
My Life
Think
" I've always had an interest in sports across the board. "
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Always
Interest
Board
" I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players. "
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Who
Women
Wife
" The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time. "
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Know
You
Date
" I love TV. I love the stability of it. "
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Stability
TV
I Love
" Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved. "
Gabrielle Union
Women
Children
Cute
" Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive. "
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Sports
Passion
Men
" I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher. "
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Chaos
Function
" In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail. "
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Hollywood
Kind
Fail
" I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years. "
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Years
Cast
Been
" I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale. "
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Community
Know
You
" Reality TV looks more like America than movies do. "
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More
Movies
Reality
" A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first. "
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Right
Thought
Day
" The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days. "
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Goal
Black
Community
" After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film. "
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Film
Black
Fight